Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-30
THE STORY FINISHED.


in the morning when we came back
we went To the house; 1t was
| between twelve and one o'clock; we sa"
the two ladies' first; they were IN Tue
/ housc: we were there between twenty anu
| thirty minutes; We were not III the orcharu
/ 81 far ~ | can remember at that time,
neither of the ladies were III the orchard
with lis. we left the McWhl house about
/ one o'clock. goiGg down to MIR. Knox : on
orr WAY We S,lw OTODle and the men 90
/ ing to work: we went on to SteubenNilIe'
/ I lid not 20 back there that night: we ga"
the two ladies and Baker at the back door;
! think they were getting dinner; couIl
smell something cooking.
| mnation-DOn think We went
| to the stable when We came back ct noon
( IA the morning Baker went with It's To the
| stable.
wM. NELSON
said. am one Of the men who rented the
stable; We agreed to take il II We could get
/ work. we came back to the McWha louise
at noon: saw Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Me
/ VIVA there: Baker came soon; we did not
90 out into the orchard; neither OF the
! Indies WAS out there with lis at any time;
AZ. left and came back Ia the stable about
eight o'clock that evening; when we were
/ there at the house Smrt meat cooking IN
/ the kitchen.
/ Crnss-pxaminatiun were staudingat
the back door; think | saw the table
spread for dinner.
TIOs GARDNER
said Live at Holidays Cove; about two
hundred feet Eom the McWha property
WAS at home on May 9th; went out Of our
house shortly after dinner going toward
the stable: when / started my attention
was directed over toward the New la
orchard aud saw Mr.. Baker, his WIFE,
and
ONE OK TWO MEN;
after seeing them | went III the stable
thence toward the school house going be-
tween il and the McWha property; saw
| RalstOn there sat down on the bank aud
talked about twenty minutes, ! went from
there down to the railroad cut.
Cross examination got my dinner
about twenty minutes of twelve; | was
around the house about IN hour Or more
before got my dinner | saw the men III
the old orchard about half way between
the stable and the young orchard; did not
see them about the Young orchard Ut all;
we have - full view OF the back part oi the
McWha premises from uur house; ! did
not see Baker or his wife or the men IN the
three cOrnercd lot or near Lees fence that
day, AM not positive how many men
there were with them; won't swear there
we're more than one; | don't know what
direction they were going when | Saw
them; they were facing toward the young
orchard: | did not see Mrs Brown aud
Swrariugen that afternoon; could SEE up
the Steuhrnvilr road Il good distance nom
viii re- | was sitting on the bank, when
saw Baker and his wife in the orchard
did not sec any buggy on the commons or
ON the road to Browns; | was one at the
guards ON the McWha lot: Baker passed
through that morning aud said he would
let the chickens out; this was about ten or
eleven o'clock, twenty minutes before
twelve was twelyeo clock 10y railroad time;
| testified before the coroner's inquest
SAMUEL EAl~rUN
called and sworn. Reside in Han
cock county; am about to years old;
know of the Monday Mis- McWha and
Mrs Baker were said tO be killed, ! live
in a small shantv in Holidays Cove; was
working at that time about the railroad:
one OF my teams was working that day,
nv son Sam WAS driving il; on the after
noon of that day | was preparing wagon
bed for hauling gravel; | was working
about 10 yards from the McWha orchard;
after dinner ! saw Mr.. and Mrs. Baker
walking in the orchard and two or three
people were with them; that was about
two o'clock 10y railroad time; they were
right oppnsit" where | was working; they
were in the old orchard, going up towards
the new orchard aud three cnrnerei lot;
after :, eiug them ! worked little while
longer and took walk to see how the
boys were getting along hauling trees,
walked over to the bank above the road
and sat down: that Is about fifteen or
twenty wards from the McWha house;
Thomas Gardner came aud sat down by
me; while we were sitting there saw no
one about the McWha premises; Gardner
got up and walked away, walked back
after i Stat ont OF the wagon bed; "ent to
the railroad bridge; that was about ten
minutes after Gurdurr Was there; ! went
down the pike. walked up to the Cross
ing. then struck the path that led to
the bridge; when got onto the turnpike
saw buggy with two ladies IN ii going
toward StrubenviIIe; came back from
the bridge the same way; returning
| MET MIR. RAKER
about half way; | said suppose you are
goingto some foreign parts; he halted and
said something about a railroad train;
pulled his watch out and said it was halt
past three and he had very little time to
catch the train; went right back to my
stable and cleaned it out; then went out
to my priyy;it Is within three or four feet
of the McWha fence; came out and walk
pd down 10 the commons; going down !
SAW Mrs Baker walking up Ia the priyy;
! was about nine az ten steps from the
lcuce when ! saw her; / ana about siI feet
three inches in height; ! saw where the
Jury and YOU stood saturday. | think
both you and the jury were Il little nearer
the fence than We are. ! knew Mrs. Baker
well; saw her about halt past four, Just
as the rain was coming up, fully an hour
after | saw Baker going TO the train, came
back to my shanty aud was there that
night Two mcn came to my place that
night; | did not know them; they came
after we had had our supper; they got into
conversation with the man who was
drividg for me, his name is Spangle; they
came down from the Cumberland road;
they we've there when | went to Lcc's Tor
milk, when came back they were gone
saw the same two men the next morning
when
THE ALARM WAS GIVEN.
They were the same men who were put
under durcSs by the coroner.
Cross examination remember the day
was working on the wagon bed; am in
the habit OF doing the repairing; was tN-
my this dirt bed un the ninth Of May;
remember it because We keep our time aud
began hauling trees on that day; had
fixed the same bed before hut had not
completed il a man named SpTanglc was
helping me In the afternoon; the bed was
LAYING on the commons IN the forenoon: we
started To work at il awhile after dinner,
myself, my two sons and Sprange were at
dinner that day, could not tell the exact
time We got done our dinner, don know
who got done first that day or what time
| went to york At the wagon; they quit